Jeff Bezos drops $255 million in wild California real estate shopping spree

PHOTO: Seller: David Geffen, Estate of Paul Allen |Location: Beverly Hills, California | Price: $255 million | Size: Two estates with 130 acres of land and a 13,600 sq. ft. house

The Roaring ’20s redux has only just begun, but it’s already been a whirlwind decade for Amazon head honcho Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend, former TV news anchor Lauren Sanchez. The couple made their public red carpet debut in India, purchased their neighbors’ home in Washington D.C., and have just capped off a Beverly Hills real estate money flex that’s one for the record books.

For the last few months, it’s been widely rumored that Bezos and Sanchez have been house-hunting in Los Angeles, and now the Wall Street Journal reveals that they’ve sealed the deal(s) in a truly epic manner befitting the planet’s biggest bank account.

The couple has locked down two enormous estates in the coveted 90210 zip code, paying a California record $165 million for David Geffen’s legendary Jack Warner estate in Beverly Hills. They shelled out another $90 million for the vacant Enchanted Hill estate in the Beverly Hills Post Office neighborhood, sold by the estate of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

Although the Jack Warner property was never officially listed for sale, it’s no secret among high-powered real estate brokers that Geffen has wanted to sell the massive spread for many years. As far back as 2007, there were whispers about the billionaire toying with putting the Roland Coate-Designed manor on the market with a $100+ million pricetag, though it never officially surfaced on the MLS.